The Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, takes place on Sunday 7 November at the Autodromo José Carlos Pace in Sao Paulo. The 4.309km anti-clockwise track is the highest on the calendar at 800m above sea level and its inner city location at Interlagos, combined with the passion of the Brazilian fans, makes the circuit one of the most atmospheric venues of the year.
Interlagos Stats
Circuit Length: 4.309 km Race Distance: 305.909 km Number of Laps: 71
Full Throttle: 63% Brake Wear: Medium Tyre Compounds: Super Soft/Medium Downforce Level: Medium 7/10 Tyre Usage: Medium Average Speed: 216kph (134mph)
NICO ROSBERG "The Brazilian fans are always fantastic and Interlagos is a really funtrack to drive so I'm looking forward to the weekend in Sao Paulo. Thecombination of the tight infield and the long straight make the track layoutvery unique. The fact that Interlagos is at a very high altitude level meansthat the engine has less power due to the thinner air and the car has lessgrip and lower downforce which is a challenge. There are good overtakingopportunities and the weather always seems to play a part in the raceweekend to make it more unpredictable. It was disappointing not to finishthe race in Korea from such a strong position but our performance over theweekend was good and we were able to get the most out of the car. It wouldbe nice to continue this and finish the season with strong performances."
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER"The season is coming to an end and I have to say that I am very impressedwith how our guys have coped with it, especially in the last few flyawayraces. Even though we have not had any big developments recently, we havestill delivered promising performances. The characteristics of theInterlagos circuit are not too far away from those of the last races so wecan go to Brazil in quite a confident mood. Our fighting spirit is good andwe would like to finish the season in a positive way. So I am lookingforward to going to Sao Paulo and hopefully achieving another result that Ican be happy with."
ROSS BRAWN"The Brazilian Grand Prix is always a fantastic occasion and with theintense battle for the World Championship, it will be an exciting weekendfor the fans at the circuit and watching around the world. Interlagosprovides several challenges with its high altitude location and the bumpysurface creating two of the key engineering considerations when setting upthe car. We have had a run of strong results recently, considering ourrelative performance position, and I am optimistic that we can continue therecent trend at the last two races. Of course this is not a position that weare happy with and we are working very hard to ensure that we are back wherewe want to be next year, challenging for race wins."
NORBERT HAUG"The last two races of a very exciting Formula One season will take placewithin eight days in Sao Paulo and Abu Dhabi which is an enormous challengeat the end of a long and demanding season. Everybody at the MERCEDES GPPETRONAS team is fully motivated as the last five races have seen our teamachieve the best possible results with our current technical package. Wehave finished regularly behind the World Championship contenders andsometimes between them. At the last race in Korea, we showed betterpotential with Michael finishing in fourth place and Nico ahead of theeventual second-placed finisher Lewis Hamilton, prior to being taken out ofthe race. Everybody in our team is fully focused and concentrated to finishthe season with the best possible results and build the baseline for betterresults on a regular basis in 2011."
